The hesitant hand : taming self-interest in the history of economic ideas / Steven G. Medema.
By: Medema, Steven G.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011Description: xiii, 248 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780691150000 (paper : alk. paper).Subject(s): Economic history | Economic policy -- History | Economics -- History | Free enterprise -- HistoryGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Adam Smith and his ancestors -- Harnessing self-interest: Mill, Sidgwick, and the evolution of the theory of market failure -- Marginalizing the market: Marshall, Pigou, and the Pigovian tradition -- Marginalizing government I: from La Scienza delle Finanze to Wicksell -- Coase's challenge -- Marginalizing government II: the rise of public choice analysis -- Legal fiction: the Coase theorem and the evolution of law and economics.